A beautiful lady in her late twenties has been thrown out of a taxi on the Baakoniaba – Sunyani Road. The incident occurred in the early morning at 9:30am on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 between the Vision Gas Filling Station and the GNAT Vision Hotel. The taxi was seen coming from Baakoniaba with a top speed, in descending the hill at the Methodist Vocational Institute. For weeks now, a contractor has been on site constructing the drains between the GNAT Vision Hotel and the Methodist Vocational Institute. As a result of the construction works, there has been a number of…
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The General Secretary of the Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. John Boadu has petitioned the Director of CID Mr Yeboah, about video in circulation on social media alleging his involvement in illegal mining (Galamsey) and attributing some parked excavators, other movable equipment and some property to be his and that of his supposed business partners, mainly Chinese miners. In the petition, the Chief scribe of NPP, indicated that his initial investigations revealed one Oscar Ike Obinim to be the mastermind behind the production of the video and the narrator in the video. In the petition, Mr. John Boadu called…
The Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has blamed the increasing reports of armed robbery incidents in parts of the country on what he calls a “breakdown in law and order.” Haruna Iddrisu’s assertion comes on the back of the latest robbery attack in broad daylight on Monday, June 14, 2021, leading to the killing of a young police officer and a trader at James town in Accra. There have been a series of robbery incidents incidents in Accra in the last month, which are mostly carried it out brazenly in the full glare of the public. The Minority leader, speaking to…
Ghana has moved to worse on the Afrobarometer SDG Scorecard in reducing the payment of bribes in the public service. According to the 2020 Afrobarometer report which matched the country’s progress in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the country’s performance has not improved in terms of reducing the payment of bribes to access public services. The report also noted that the 57% of the public viewed the Ghana Police Service as the most corrupt state institution. It further revealed that Ghana is doing worse in terms of the country’s ability to reduce the frequency of its citizens going without…
Zambia’s founding father Kenneth Kaunda is in a “serious but stable condition”, a source close to the former president has told the BBC. The 97-year-old, who served as president from 1964 to 1991, was admitted to hospital last Tuesday with a minor chest infection, and was actually due to be discharged today, the BBC was told. But his condition changed overnight and became worrying this morning. He is still breathing on his own and not on a ventilator. But the situation at the moment is concerning – given his age, our source said. Both Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu and South…
Milan Skriniar’s fine low shot on the turn from the edge of the penalty area secured the three points for Slovakia, a country ranked 36th in the world. They had taken an early lead when the ball bounced off the post and rebounded in off Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny after a fine run and shot from Robert Mak. A lovely one-touch move, calmly finished by Karol Linetty, brought the Poles level early in the second half. But the 62nd-minute dismissal of Poland midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak for a second booking changed the momentum of the match and Skriniar and Slovakia took…
The Accra Regional Police Command has launched investigations into the killing of a police officer and one unidentified woman by suspected armed robbers who shot them during a bullion van robbery on Monday morning at Jamestown, a suburb of Accra. It is also asking for vital information from the public to apprehend the suspects. “Our crime scene experts have been invited to process the crime scene as part of investigations to get the perpetrators arrested. Meanwhile, anyone with information on the incident should kindly contact the Accra Regional Police Command,” the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command…
The Criminal Court 1 of the Accra High Court has adjourned the case between the #fixthecountry conveners and the state to Monday, June 21, 2021. At the hearing on Monday, June 14, 2021, the State attorney prayed the High court to give them time to file their affidavit in opposition to the one filed by lawyers of the conveners. The judge, Ruby Aryeetey, therefore granted the request and adjourned the case. Speaking to the media after the hearing, one of the conveners of the #Fixthecountry campaign, Brownson Adatsi, said the delay in the proceedings will not deter them from registering…
The opposition National Democratic Congress has strongly resolved to collectively vote against the approval of Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah at the floor of Parliament. Mr Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, one of the three nominees designate for the the Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development contested in the 2020 Election as a Parliamentary Candidate on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party and was declared winner amidst gunshots at the collation centre that led to the death of two persons while several others sustained varied degree of life threatening injuries. Members of the Appointment Committee in Parliament from the…
A Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu. According to him, the Minister has not shown prudence in the handling of the procurement of the Sputnik – V vaccine for the national inoculation exercise. A Norwegian news tabloid, Verdens Gang, reported that Ghana has made a request to purchase 3.4 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine through two businessmen who are selling it to Ghana at $19 per dose instead of the $10 per dose on the international market. This has generated public uproar, with…